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Miniature room box, by Ruth McChesney; displayed at Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
10 Must-See Pieces at the Carnegie Museum of Art
Established in 1895, the Carnegie Museum of Art (CMOA) was America’s first contemporary art museum. Part of the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh— founded by philanthropist Andrew Carnegie as a gift to…
Worker making plaster cast
How the V&A Museum's Famous Plaster Casts were Made
See how a plaster cast copy of Adriaen de Vries’ Seated Girl is brought to life. Requiring the creation of multiple parts which fit together like a jigsaw puzzle, the moulding process contains many…